User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
186 VMware, Inc.
Processor Type Incompatibility
Deployingaconfigurationinfencedmodehostsallthevirtualmachinesonasingle
ESXServerhost.Youmusthaveahostconnectedtothedatastorewherethetemplates
thatserveasthebasisofthisconfigurationresideon.Thehostmusthavesufficient
resources,suchasmemory,slots,andfences.
Ifyoudeployaconfiguration,performanoperationwhichsavesthestateofthe
configuration(forexample,suspendorcapturetolibrary),andredeploythe
configurationwithfencing(whichrequireshostingallvirtualmachinesonthesame
physicalmachine),asituationcouldcomeupwheretheonlyhostsavailableareones

withincompatibleprocessortypes.Thecapturedmemoryexpectsaparticular
processortype.
Toaddressthissituation,deploytheconfigurationwithoutfencing,undeployit
withoutsavingthememorystate(usetheTurnOffdeploymentsettingintheUser
PreferencespageortheUndeploy‐DiscardStatepop‐upmenu),andredeploythe
configuration.
Ifdeployingaconfigurationwithoutfencingisnotanoption,resettheMACaddressof
eachvirtualmachinetoremovethesavedstate,andredeploytheconfiguration.See
“ChangingMACAddresses”onpage 161.
Viewing Virtual Switches for Fences
YoucanusetheVI ClientintheESX Serverhosttoseethe<system name>_vs<fence
ID>virtualswitchesornetworksthatStage Managercreatesforeachfence.
To view virtual switches for fences
1 NavigatetotheConfigurationtaboftheVI Client.
2ClicktheNetworkinglinkintheHardwarelisttoviewvirtualswitches.
AsamplevirtualswitchisDemoSystem_vs002.
Forinformation
aboutusingtheVI Client,seeVMware Infrastructure3
documentation.
CAUTIONDonotconnectthevirtualswitchesthatStage Managercreatestoanexternal
network.Stage Managerneedsthesevirtualswitchesfordeployingfenced
configurations.